Archive for the ‘web’ Category
Monday, January 12th, 2009
Wikipedia defines tag cloud as "...a visual depiction of user-generated tags, or simply the word content of a site, used typically to describe the content of web sites.
Concharto now displays a "tag cloud" of recently added content. When you create an event, you can tag it with key ...
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Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
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Here are the basic details of Saddam Hussein's time as a prisoner after the occupation of Iraq by American forces. On this day two years ago he was executed.
As time goes by we hope that we can create a more extensive timeline of the Iraqi ...
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Saturday, December 13th, 2008
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Information has been sketchy, but we've been trying to build up a database on what's going down in Greece. Currently several universities are occupied by disgruntled students (this happens a lot in Greece, for whatever reason), and the police and protesters are currently clashing in numerous ...
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Thursday, December 11th, 2008
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This year has been sobering for the people of Pakistan, as one terror attack after another plagues the cities and the villages. Here is a brief rundown of the 2008 Pakistan attacks that have been reported on Wikipedia from November and early December. And the list ...
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Sunday, August 24th, 2008
As the Democratic and Republican National Conventions kick off this week and next, I thought it'd be fun to take a look and see where each convention took place. I've managed to compile a partial list of every major US political convention dating back to 1972.
Democratic Convention venues
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Friday, August 22nd, 2008
Hi, Avinash here, one of the admins at Concharto and creator of The Play. I'll be posting some sample ways you can add to Concharto and document specific events.
As the Beijing Olympics wind down and become part of history, it feels like a perfect time to discover where these places ...
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
Concharto now allows you to easily add and delete points from any place on a line or shape.
* To add a point, simply drag one of the "shadow" squares that you see in between the solid white squares.
* To delete a point, simply click on it.
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
A few new features went live this weekend:
1. Export to Google Earth. In the search results there is a new kml link on the upper left. If you have a virtual globe browser like Google Earth or MS Virtual Earth, you can now use this link to import ...
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
A few improvements to the search results page have gone live this week.
You can now hide the timeline sidebar to show more of the map. Just click "hide sidebar" near the upper left of the page. To show the side bar again, click "show".
The timeline is now hidden, so ...
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
I periodically get comments like this one from a Wikipedian whom I respect, "... how would one accommodate changes in geography and man-made features as you go back in time?"
The frivolous answer is "we don't do that." Accommodating changes in geography, including cityscapes, roads and terrain, is the domain of ...
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